"A Streetcar Named Desire"

Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" Exudes Raw Sensuality

Some plays can be summed up in an image, others a phrase, but only one masterpiece can be summarized with a scream: "Stelllaaa!!!" That masterpiece, of course, is "A Streetcar Named Desire", the Pulitzer-winning drama by Tennessee Williams. Set during a steamy summer in New Orleans' French Quarter, a vulnerable Blanche DuBois seeks shelter at the apartment of her pregnant sister Stella and Stella's husband Stanley. Fragile Blanche and brutish, temperamental Stanley immediately clash, and tensions further escalate when the two are left alone together after Stella heads to the hospital to give birth. Famously adapted into a feature film featuring Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh, "A Streetcar Named Desire" makes a steamy return to the stage in an exciting new production at Danville's Village Theatre.